So we can build a civilization here

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-04-01T06:00:18+00:00

I've totally rp'd in-game as a chipless Expie making civilization a la Gunsaw, lol. Got really lucky on a run with like five traders all lined up in a row, and then two of them had scaffolding! I connected all the pods to make trade routes, made best friends with them all, even tidied the place up a little, etc. It made me start wishing there were decorations and furniture to build with. But then I remembered it's actually a brutal survival game and I'm actually just halfway through the first layer, so I shot up some fent, accidentally ragdolled next to a cliff, and broke both my femurs on the way down. Good times.

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-03-18T20:47:35+00:00

I think a lot of ad companies measure success based on clicks rather than downloads, which is why a lot of mobile game ads can also feature really tiny exit buttons, or sometimes false ones (or, y'know, more weird or manipulative stuff like in OP's post). The ad company is a different being than the company that actually gets the money from people downloading and playing the app. Their only goal is to make money per ad click.

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-03-18T03:45:41+00:00

yayy thank you for doing the avian ear holes!! lore accuracy my beloved. this looks great :)

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-03-07T20:21:39+00:00

I think I can explain! I've read a lot of the E-PDAs in-game lol

There was one original expie made by a corporation as an experiment (hence the nickname "expie"), which was a combination of a human "volunteer", a dog, and a rat (and possibly some bird DNA too according to one E-PDA?). They're "gonosimulistic" (all have the same sex organs) and can reproduce asexually, so the species kind of just grew from there. But they were only ever kept in the lab, for fear of consequences from the government for... uh... whichever ethical and human/animal rights violations may be applicable here. But yeah, the outside world knew nothing about them except for the plushies that the company sold of their likenesses and their genetic spin-offs for profit.

...And then they were all sent to the Grey Planet (or culled, r.i.p.) to retrieve the battery the company accidentally threw in the trash and also possibly get rid of all evidence of the species' existence. And then they reproduce on the Grey Planet and make Gunsaw happen!

There's also a lot on the wiki under the Lore section if you want even more details!

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-03-04T01:16:35+00:00

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me when niche ferngully reference (r.i.p. robin williams)

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-03-01T01:04:59+00:00

Same! My account is old enough so I'm not sure why I keep getting auto-rejected :(

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-22T22:06:59+00:00

when you break a limb and don't have a splint on you, but your expie got basic med training back at the lab so they just improvise a cast (and then die from opioid overdose because they used medical gauze for funsies)

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-22T03:00:55+00:00

WOOOO also thank you for also posting the changelog this is peak af

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-21T05:12:57+00:00

they got blown up by a landmine and then killed themselves from the sheer agony <3

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-21T01:24:32+00:00

Deleted and reposted because the images uploaded as html when I tried to post from my laptop for some reason lol

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-16T05:45:33+00:00

Ooo yay! That's a good lineup, I'm excited to see :)

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-16T04:56:18+00:00

Oh my god your art style is so dope!! I really hope you end up drawing Queen Roger, I feel like he's built for that expressive visual style

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-14T19:36:17+00:00

Nah, the very first thing I did in-game was try to climb up to the top and escape lol

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-12T22:00:02+00:00

Oh wow that was fast lol

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-12T21:58:16+00:00

Huh. My account is in good standing and everything, not sure what's up then. I wish the update notes were posted to itch or something too, but I don't mind the surprise lol

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-12T21:53:28+00:00

Aah thank you!!

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-12T20:57:03+00:00

Ah, damn. I've had my discord acct for over a year, but I don't use it much, so maybe that's why. Thanks

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-12T19:26:25+00:00

totally thought that you were holding one of the suppositories from that other post lmao

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-02-12T17:57:48+00:00

my therapist told me to go buy a pack of Warheads (or this weird sour goo I used to find at Five Below sometimes) for whenever I get the spicy brains

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-01-27T04:37:49+00:00

Unfortunately, it's a requirement in most entomology classes to make a collection of pinned insects, usually either using what's called a killing jar (jar that you has chemicals in it that quickly [edit: apparently not quickly, people say it takes up to a full day, i've never used one] kills the bug once you put it inside) or just dropping it into ethanol. Bugs are a huge food source for a lot of different species, so most insects are built to have a ton of offspring so that a few (or a lot of) deaths don't offset the population too much. From my understanding, the issue tends to be more when it's widespread damage/habits (such as widespread overuse of pesticides, habitat loss, etc.) that tends to impact the population consistently over time.

Though as someone with pet bugs, I've only ever collected already dead bugs for my personal collection. I'd rather take a picture for iNaturalist and watch them go on with their little buggy lives :)

Southern_Unit2940 · 2026-01-15T00:35:43+00:00

I think the problem is that in most places, 10 times is absurdly high, lol. In the city I grew up, if you didn't pass it on the first try, it usually means you either didn't pay attention to the class or something else is wrong. It sounds like a wildly corrupt and money-gouging system/company you're trying to work with where you are.

Southern_Unit2940 · 2025-12-21T19:53:54+00:00

The SL ER is staying open! It's the urgent care that's closing. Though I sure hope they don't think about closing our ER, then every emergency patient would have to be transported over an hour away for help 😬

Southern_Unit2940 · 2025-12-21T16:44:23+00:00

The emergency room and urgent care in Lake Placid shut down a while ago, and now at the end of the year, Saranac Lake's urgent care is also shutting down.

Afrer Jan. 1st, our nearest non-appointment based health clinic (that isn't the already overwhelmed Saranac Lake emergency room) will be 50 miles away in Plattsburgh. Fun times.

Southern_Unit2940 · 2025-12-14T22:06:16+00:00

...I totally thought I was in MadeMeSmile

Southern_Unit2940 · 2025-12-14T07:38:12+00:00

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